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Undocumented Immigrant

Deferred Action Makes Dreams Come True

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 06.17.2013 | Latino Voices

MIAMI -- As a child, Jorge Tume used to sit and do homework as his parents cleaned the desks and floors of a concrete company in Miami. When he was do...

Text Game Recreates Undocumented Experience

VOXXI | Luis Carlos Lopez | Posted 06.17.2013 | Latino Voices

I’m going to stand on a soapbox, not to address the nation, but to be at eye level with it. At a towering 5’5″ figure, I need all the help I can...

The Many Brazen Faces Of Steve King

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.13.2013 | Latino Voices

Immigration hardliner Steve King (R-Iowa) caused a stir Thursday when he put out a distressed tweet saying that his D.C. office had been "invaded"...

Study Reveals Tragic Consequence Of Border Security Boost

Equal Voice News | Michael Mello | Posted 06.13.2013 | Latino Voices

Click image above to enlarge. TUCSON, Ariz. – As immigration reform debates run hot on Capitol Hill, many members of Congress say a more secu...

Poll Reveals GOP Miscalculation On Immigration

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2013 | Latino Voices

The immigration debate in Congress will likely sway the way Latinos vote, a new poll says. Some 45 percent of Hispanic voters say they would be mo...

Undocumented Immigrants Get This Instead Of Detention

The Miami Herald | Posted 06.07.2013 | Latino Voices

Claudio Rojas was released from an immigration detention center in Broward County in August. Shortly after, the Argentine citizen obtained his work pe...

U.S. Immigration Law Is Biased Against Women

VOXXI | Griselda Nevarez | Posted 06.05.2013 | Latino Voices

Gender inequalities seep through immigration law in the United States, making women go through a different experience than men when attempting to gain...

Connecticut Takes Action To Protect Immigrants

ThinkProgress | Posted 06.04.2013 | Latino Voices

The Connecticut state senate on Friday unanimously approved a bill that will allow local law enforcement officials to decide when an individual should...

Mexico Helps Immigrants Adapt

ABC/Univision | Posted 05.31.2013 | Latino Voices

Readjusting to life in Mexico is a difficult task for the thousands of Mexican immigrants who get deported from the United States each year. It's even...

Immigration Reform Poses Difficult Question For LGBT Community

The Salt Lake Tribune | Derek P. Jensen | Posted 05.28.2013 | Latino Voices

Seized by the highest-profile immigration debate in nearly three decades, the nation might swap its national pastime this summer from baseball to a bi...

The Best DREAM Act Yet

VOXXI | Griselda Nevarez | Posted 05.24.2013 | Latino Voices

After a decade-long battle to push for legislation that would legalize undocumented youth who’ve resided in the United States since they were childr...

The Cost Of Prosecuting Undocumented Immigrants

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.23.2013 | Latino Voices

Criminal prosecutions of immigrants who entered or reentered the country illegally have soared in the last decade, bringing with them huge financial a...

Immigrant Spared Deportation, Stays Legally For A Year

The Miami Herald | Posted 05.22.2013 | Latino Voices

Rene Rivas was about to be deported in the dark of night, at 4 a.m. But that was last week. Seven days later, on Monday, the undocumented immigr...

New Strategy Could Be What Gets Immigration Reform Done

VOXXI | Griselda Nevarez | Posted 05.21.2013 | Latino Voices

The momentum to pass an immigration reform bill has undeniably changed since past efforts to push for such legislation — and so have the strategies ...

Cartel Towns Prove To Be A Problem

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 05.20.2013 | Latino Voices

MATAMOROS, Mexico -- Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from th...

Immigration Reform Will Not Be Derailed

VOXXI | Griselda Nevarez | Posted 05.17.2013 | Latino Voices

Pro-immigration reform advocates say they don’t suspect efforts to pass an immigration reform bill this year could be derailed by the recent storm o...

1 In 4 Undocumented Immigrants Lives In California

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.09.2013 | Latino Voices

In some parts of Koreatown and South Los Angeles, one in three adult residents is in the country illegally, according to a study released Tuesday by r...

Low-Skilled Are What The U.S. Needs

Forbes | Posted 05.06.2013 | Latino Voices

Recently introduced legislation to tackle immigration reform has elements that should satisfy both liberals and conservatives–namely, strong border ...

Everything You need To Know About Immigration Reform

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.06.2013 | Latino Voices

WASHINGTON -- This may be the year Congress decides what to do about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. After years of gridlock, ...

Texas Legislature Changes Tune On Immigration

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.03.2013 | Latino Voices

The Texas Legislature is changing its tune on immigration. While acrimonious debates over voter ID and “sanctuary cities” grabbed headlines du...

Please Obama, Don't Deport My Mama

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.03.2013 | Latino Voices

MEXICO CITY — Beneath the slogan "Obama, don't deport my Mama," dozens of migrant families deported from the U.S. despite having children born t...

We are a Nation of Immigrants

George Gascón | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics
George Gascón

Anti-immigrant forces have hijacked the debate on comprehensive immigration reform by calling for more border security when our borders are the safest they've ever been. Talk of immigration reform attached to greater border security should be viewed with caution by those truly interested in reform.

WATCH: Man Cut Out Of The Border Fence's Razor Wire

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2013 | Latino Voices

The San Diego Fire Department retrieved a man Tuesday left trapped 20 feet in the air, when razor wire sliced through his flesh, trapping him on top o...

Can This Man Move The Debate On Same-Sex Couples And Immigration Reform?

NBC Latino | Posted 05.01.2013 | Latino Voices

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A secret gnawed at J.W. Lown’s conscience after his six years as mayor of this deeply conservative city on the West Texas...

Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur

Buzzfeed | McKay Coppins | Posted 05.01.2013 | Latino Voices

For the Republicans in Washington who hoped a new bipartisan push for immigration reform would give their party a fresh start, a new face, and a secon...